This elaborate carpet, the second of three used in the papal funeral proceedings, comes from northwest Iran, The Art Newspaper reports, Mehr News Agency wrote. By placing Persian carpets ... a product ...

This elaborate carpet, the second of three used in the papal funeral proceedings, comes from northwest Iran, The Art Newspaper reports. The use of Persian carpets in papal ... likely a product of the ...

Each year, on the 10th of Ordibehesht in the Iranian calendar, Iran observes Persian Gulf National Day — a moment ... 1622 victory in which the combined forces of Iran’s Safavid Empire and the British ...

Pope Francis lies in state in St Peter's Basilica on 25 April, his open casket placed on a Persian carpet ... Institute of Art, in London. She specialises in the arts of Safavid Iran, with a ...

The mother-and-son duo have made art their life’s work, and where their tastes converge, trouble ensues. As our photographer asks the pair to pose at Ben’s house in London’s Notting Hill ...

In 334 BC he used this army to launch a invasion of the Persian Empire, winning a crucial victory at the River Granicus. How a Chinese delicacy got caught in the crossfire of Trump’s trade war ...

James Wylie, project curator at V&A Dundee where the item will go on display later this month, explained the significance of this “masterpiece” of Safavid art. “This extraordinary tile panel from ...

Now, as Combs faces a jury trial that could send him to prison for life, he’s also fighting a Justice Department forfeiture action that could cost him much – if not most – of an empire that ...

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You can understand RadhaKrishna s love only if you are pure at heart says SEEMA BURMAN As a child I remember accompanying my mother to the temple On one such visit she showed me around and ...

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